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Here you can find lots of information about the Purdue University Trumpet Section including pictures of our members, descriptions of our traditions, plans for the upcoming fall season, information about the audition process and a discussion forum to answer questions. If you will be a freshmen next year or a current Purdue student and are interested in trying out for either the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band or any band ensemble at Purdue, feel free to contact our webmaster, Dan Jemison, at ddjemiso@purdue.edu for information. We would love to hear from you! If you have any questions concerning involvement or auditioning in Purdue Bands or Purdue in general, please do not hesitate to email us. If you are a guest or alumni and you would like to share some stories or words of wisdom, please visit our guestbook. If you are a Purdue Alumni Trumpet please contact Dan Jemison at ddjemiso@purdue.edu about featuring you on our exclusive Alumni Members page.

The Purdue Band Office can be contacted at panewton@purdue.edu or 765-494-3952. More information about joining Purdue University Bands can also be found here.

If you have any pictures from last season or otherwise that you would like to see incorporated into this website, please email them to ddjemiso@purdue.edu. Thanks!

~ 02/17/08 ~ Patrick Henry Hughes - We Salute You! Patrick is a trumpet player at the University of Louisville. Watch his inspirational story here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTiYA1WiY8

~ 08/27/07 ~ ATTENTION ALL NON-MARCHING TRUMPETS: If you are a trumpet player in Orchestra, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, any of the Jazz Bands or other capacity within the Purdue Bands Department, please email me if you would like to be listed on our member pages. Take a look at the current member pages to get an idea of what info you should provide me with. Thank you.

~ 02/13/07 ~ Watch Purdue Trumpets tear it up with Hail Purdue and Hail Fire at the Barcelo Hotel Pool in Orlando, Florida.

~ 02/13/07 ~ Watch Purdue Director of Bands and the "All-American" Marching Band, Professor Jay Gephart, dance to "Oops I did it again" at Downtown Disney.

~ 09/19/06 ~ ALUMNI trumpets: please visit the members page for information about how you can be part of our exclusive alumni members page.

“We grow up hearing that trumpeters blew down the walls of Jericho, that Gabriel's trumpet announces the will of God, and that the largest, and hippest, of all animals, the elephant, has a trunk mostly for trumpeting. These grandiose images shape the classic trumpet persona: brash, impetuous, cocky, cool, in command. Anyone who has ever played in a band knows that if the conductor stops rehearsal because a fight breaks out, if somebody takes your girlfriend, if a tasteless practical joke is pulled, if someone challenges every executive decision no matter how trivial, it's got to be a trumpet player. That's just how we are.”

- Wynton Marsalis

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